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Matthew 16:7 KJV
Matthew · chapter 16 · verse 7
And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.Matthew 16:7 · King James Version
Matthew 16:7 in context
5And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.
6Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
7And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.
8Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
9Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- themselvesheautouhimself, herself, itself, themselvesG1438 →
- reasoneddialogizomaito bring together different reasons, to reckon up the reasons, to reason, revolve in one…G1260 →
- sayinglegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- amongenin, by, with etcG1722 →
- takenlambanōto take, to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it, to…G2983 →
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We have here Christ's discourse with his disciples concerning bread, in which, as in many other discourses, he speaks to them of spiritual things under a similitude, and they misunderstand him of carnal things.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-12